Tabb Firchau
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Jes1111,
I am not sure how much digging you have done on the Zenmuse but the horizon drifts quite a bit. Even in something as simple as a pan from the gimbal the horizon will drift. You can get outstanding performance with MEMS sensors if your system is designed well. The thing with the Zenmuse is they have not even gotten to the difficult part of camera stabilization! Wait until they release retractable legs and you have a camera operator panning wildly all while the multi rotor is flying aggressively and also panning. This is an absolute nightmare for a stabilization IMU to deal with. It took quite a bit of time for us to nail it down on the Radian.
I am with you, I think the zenmuse startup dance is just initializing the system. From our experience in creating the Radian what I can tell you is the thing that makes the difference is the software engineer! I had years of experience using John Cunningham's CARVEC systems and was continually amazed. When we started FreeFly Systems we were lucky enough to snag him and he put some of his magic in the Radian.
Bart,
Freefly forum was created as a place to support FF users without all the 'noise' on other forums. The reason I did it was to ensure that our customers have the best chance of success and easy access to high quality support. I think the FF forum is a very open place, there are no moderators and you are free to post whatever you would like. So far the discussions have been productive and interesting.
Andy, Great footage...keep it coming! John Cunningham did a great job with the software on the Radian....it holds the horizon amazingly well.
Best,
Tabb
I am not sure how much digging you have done on the Zenmuse but the horizon drifts quite a bit. Even in something as simple as a pan from the gimbal the horizon will drift. You can get outstanding performance with MEMS sensors if your system is designed well. The thing with the Zenmuse is they have not even gotten to the difficult part of camera stabilization! Wait until they release retractable legs and you have a camera operator panning wildly all while the multi rotor is flying aggressively and also panning. This is an absolute nightmare for a stabilization IMU to deal with. It took quite a bit of time for us to nail it down on the Radian.
I am with you, I think the zenmuse startup dance is just initializing the system. From our experience in creating the Radian what I can tell you is the thing that makes the difference is the software engineer! I had years of experience using John Cunningham's CARVEC systems and was continually amazed. When we started FreeFly Systems we were lucky enough to snag him and he put some of his magic in the Radian.
Bart,
Freefly forum was created as a place to support FF users without all the 'noise' on other forums. The reason I did it was to ensure that our customers have the best chance of success and easy access to high quality support. I think the FF forum is a very open place, there are no moderators and you are free to post whatever you would like. So far the discussions have been productive and interesting.
Andy, Great footage...keep it coming! John Cunningham did a great job with the software on the Radian....it holds the horizon amazingly well.
Best,
Tabb
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